User talk:Adlay

List of linguists
Hi Adlay, and thank you for your edit to List of linguists! I'm afraid your additions got reverted, as the people you were trying to add didn't have their own Wikipedia article. I'm sorry that your first experiences with Wikipedia weren't as positive as they could have been, but I hope you can appreciate that we have to have fairly strict standards for inclusion on a list like this. It is still possible to get them on the list, though, by simply creating the articles and adding them to the list after that. However, there is a catch - for the articles to be kept their subjects must pass Wikipedia's guideline on the notability of academics. I suggest having a read of that guideline to see if the two academics in question qualify. If they do, then you might want to have a go at writing the articles. Try the article wizard for a good step-by-step guide of what's involved. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask me - I'll be happy to answer. You can reply here if you want, as I'll be watching this page. All the best —  Mr. Stradivarius ♫ 18:06, 25 December 2011 (UTC)